m0hamed

There is no point specifying land or pool villas as the Island changes constantly. Just email the hotel with "I want easy access to beach but with some seclusion" and they will allocate accordingly.

GeorgeLopez

Joe, thanks for the videos, really enjoyed them. Going here in Feb 2018 and can't wait.

cdancer20

Thank you.

Genya1

Does anyone know which part of the resort has the best beach this time of year (end of May)? Or is it something that you can't really know until arrival..

soonerfanatic

It's easy. Ask for 25 or 27.

diningdecadence

that doesn't look very private if you can see the pool from the beach? i.e. people walking past?

cdancer20

I agree. Not private enough

joecool1885

Just got the second part of my review up: what to do at the Park Hyatt. It includes a bit of the summary of our Beach Dinner. It was certainly fantastic, costly though. The food was great, but the price was based more on the experience:
http://joeprotravel.com/days-thirtee...dives-hadahaa/

jdbcc

http://www.hoteliermaldives.com/park...la-categories/

According to this, they are converting several villas to really big villas. I contacted the hotel and they confirmed there will be 3 - 2 bedroom villas and 8 - deluxe pool villas which are an extra 1000-1300 sq. feet in addition to what is existing.

Does this worry anyone else? Right now, the villas are spaced perfectly for maximum privacy between neighbors and beautiful natural vegetation. I feel like they will be taking a lot of vegetation out and the result will be a bunch of oversized villas butting right up against the other villas. So your view has now went to lush jungle on all sides to blackout shades on the oversized villa parked right next to you. So much for ultimate privacy at the expense of a few rich twats that, even though they are in paradise, complained about not having a formal sitting room. I so hate "progress".

Just my two cents.

joecool1885

Hard to see what the additional 1K SQF of space on a pool villa could be. The image doesn't portray anything like that. The 2 bedrooms seem minimally invasive, but it certainly could mean close quarters for some guests. I wouldn't fret too much.

GeorgeLopez

Just glad it will be done before I arrive in February. I don't like going to hotels under refurbishment.

WillSkiGT

I have a bit of a conundrum regarding a reservation at the PH Maldives.

I used a combination of free Hyatt nights (from the CC sign-up bonus) and Hyatt points to book a stay at the PH for my honeymoon.

When I booked, I did it in 3 parts - one with my 2 free CC nights, one with my fiance's 2 free CC nights, and the remainder with Hyatt points.

I received an email from the hotel confirming my stay and room type from the first date through to the last date. However, in looking on the Hyatt website, I noticed that I made a mistake and didn't book one of the nights between part 2 and part 3. So my booking on Hyatt looks like this:

Night 1 - CC #1
Night 2 - CC #1
Night 3 - CC #2
Night 4 - CC #2
Night 6 - Points
Night 7 - Points
Night 8 - Points

Note that Night 5 is missing, however, I have a confirmed reservation email from the hotel from Night 1 all the way through Night 8.

The simple solution would be to go back on the Hyatt website and book the remaining night with points. Except that in the time since I booked the trip, award availability for that night has disappeared. So, I would have to purchase a night at the hotel, which, given the high demand, is over $2k (including taxes). I can think of a lot of things I would rather spend $2k on - flights, meals, excursions, etc. I have plenty of Hyatt points, so booking an additional night that way is not an issue.

I guess my question is, "What should I do?" I have a confirmed reservation for all 8 nights, so in theory I should be okay, right?

joecool1885

It's hard to know what you're asking here. If you are missing night 5 then you will need to book night five. But then you say you have a confirmed reservation for all 8 nights... that would imply that you should not be missing night 5. So which is it? Did they take 75K points out of your account or 100K?

If you somehow think that having nights 1-4 and night 6-8 would mean they'll give you a pass and let you stick around on night 5, then you're in for a rude awakening. But it's hard to tell what's going on based on what you've written.

WillSkiGT

I booked via phone because the website couldn't handle all 3 of my booking requests. The customer service rep handling the booking over the phone only took 75k points out of my account, and my World of Hyatt account shows bookings for Nights 1-4 and 6-8.

However, I received a confirmation email directly from the hotel confirming that I have a reservation for all 8 nights and asking me for my fiance's information for the domestic transfer from Male. So, somewhere there was a disconnect - the hotel clearly thinks I will be there for the duration, but Hyatt's website does not.

I'm not looking for a free pass, it's just an odd situation. I'd much rather spend the 25k Hyatt points than the $2241, but like I said, award availability is now gone for Night 5.

joecool1885

Eh, tough call. You could be looking at a very awkward and uncomfortable situation come the 5th night, especially if their inventory is not allocated to give you a room that night (which may be possible if it is indeed in high demand). Frankly, if it's still showing a Park Villa available for the 5th night, I might reach out to the hotel directly and explain the situation. But there's certainly risk there (if they're unwilling to force through a points reservation).

Good luck :-p